Railroad-rail.



ii i) LEVI D. 'MECKLEY, OF WINDGAP, P EllNSYLVANlA.

RAILROAD-RAIL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 23, 907.

Application filed March'5, 1907. Serial No. 360,695

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1e it known that I, Lnvr D. hlEFIiLEY, a eitizen'ot the United Stat s,residing-at Windgap in the county ol Northampton and State ofPermsylvania, have invented newanduseinl Improvements in Railroad-Rails,of which the following is a specification. I

This invention relates to railroad track construction and relates moreparticularly to a composite rail cone posed oi separate tread and basesections that are holted or otherwise suitably secured together.

The invention has for one oi its objects to improve and simplify theconstruction of rails or this character so as to he.comparatively simpleand inexpensive to rmnnil'aeture, easy to put together, and constitute astrong and durable rail.

further object of the. invention is to provide a rail having reversibleand renewable tread sections that; are bolt d to the base seetion. thearrangement. being such that the tread sections can be readily taken outand reversed when worn on one side or replaced by new ones when womenboth sides, without requiring the base sections to be removed, from theross-ties,

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a railroadrail so constructed that a track can be maintained in proper repair at aminimum of expense and labor and that smooth running ol' the trainsthereover without noise and shock is possible.

With these objects in view and others, as will appear as lhe descriptionproceeds, the invention comprises the various novel features ol'(:ollHtl'llCtiUll and arrangement of parts which will be more fullydescribed hereinal'ter and set forth with particularity in the claimsappended hereto.

' in the accompanying (llitWlllgjVdllCll illustrates one ol' theembodiments of the invention, Figure l is a side elevation of a portionol the composite rail. Fig. 2 is a similar view ol' the opposite side.Fig.3 is atransverse seetlon on line 2----3, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is atransverse section on line 1-4, Fig. i. Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectionon line 5 '5, Fig. l.

Similar rel'erenee"characters are employed to des' nate similar partsthroughout the tie'ures.

lel'erring to the drawing, rl designates the base sections, and ll, thelread sections of the rail. .hese sections may be of any desired lengthand they may be as seinbled with the meeting edges ol the' base sectionsin any desired relation with the. meeting edges of the tread sections.The base sections A each comprise a base l and a eentral upwardly andlongitudinally extending web 2 that is grooved longitudinally to form apocket 2, that tapers or eontracts downwardly as shown clearly in Figs.3 and t. in other words, the web 2 ol' each base section is composed oftwo spring plates which are adapted to be clamped on the tread sectionor sections. Each tread section B (:on'iprises a head 4 of usual formand a central longitudinal tongue 5 depending hour the head and adaptedto enter the pockets 3 of the base sections. At the root of the tongue 5are grooves (3 of any suitable shape into which the upper edges of theplates of the web 2 engage.

The tongues 5 of the tread see! ions are tapered vertiyeally so losnugly lit in the pockets of the base sec-J tions and the webs )3 andtongues 5 are provided with bolt openings 7 that are. elongated in thedirectionof the length oi the rail and the bolts that pass through theseopenings for securing the sections together are of less size than theopenings so as to permit the parts of the rails tl). expand or contractll1l(jl0l temperature changes.

The bolts 8 [or securing the sections oi the rails together haveelongated heads 9 and shanks l0, theshank being of sullieient length toextend entirely through the OPQIIlHgSOi the plates of ihewehs andprojecting from the. shanks lOarc threaded stud portions 11 forreceiving the tightening and iillll nutsl and 13. interposed on the studportion ll between the tightening nut 12 and the adjacent side ol theweb is a washer 14 that is elongatm'l horizontally and prtwided with arecess 15 ior receiving the outer end of the shankl the said shank holdsthe washer in fixed position and prevents relative turning. The studportion 11 hns a whereby.

transverse opening ill {or receiving a key 17 that engages ina.diametricaislol 18 in the outer surface of the jam nut as shownclearly in Fig. 3, and the smaller end of the wedge shape key is benthack against the jam nut, as indicated at 19. V

In the operation of laying the track, the base sec-v tions A are placedon the cross ties and'spiked thereto in the usual manner in the easewooden ties are em ployed or bolted or otherwise suitably secured whenmetal or concrete ties are employed. These base sections are laid withgreat precision for the reason that they are intended to he permanernlysecured in place, since their removal is rendm'ed unnecessary in therepair of the road. The tread sections B are then assembled by insertingthe tongues 5 into the pockets 3 ol the base sections and forcing thetongues home, whereupon the upper edges of the spring plates of the webs2 enter the recesses or longitudinalgrooves 6 in thehead portior Thebolts Sarc then inserted into sides of the head portions of the treadsections on the the openings of the rail sections and the Washers andinside of the rails, after which the said sections are section, a tongueon the other section extending into the v pocket, said tongue and wallsof the pocket being -provided lepllced and bolt ed m posluon' Thus W111be seen I with elongated openings, :1 bolt having an elongated shanlrthat the baselsectlons do 1101i have h be e d {T0111 extending throughthe openings gmd. provided with a 25 the ties, that the tread sectionscan be used twice as threaded stud portion, a recessed washer on thestud porv5 h as usual before replacing is necessary, aInd that tionfitting the shank to prevent relative turning, and t htenrm and""1m utsti ,ti 1 ort'on for eeuri! since the raihsections are comparativelylight and 5: mflqhtowethgi, n on m K D l s I short of hands required totake out ,2. A rail comprising separate sections, a web on one of -3()the tread sections for reversal OI renewal. Another thesections-composed of parallel spring plates having important advantageis that the rails d not have m elongated openings, a tongue on the otherscelion engaging A \1 i K I 1 1 s n 10 be removed from the ties afterOnce g 12nd, thus lietween the plots and piovided witi qn dongated openv ing, a holthaving a flattened shank engaging in the open- Y f' g gfleaving Ofsplke holes m ings of the tongue and plates and provided witha stud '35 the ties into which rain enters and rots the latter. portionhaving an aperture, a recessed washenon the stud I have described theprinciple of Operation f th i titted to the shank to prevent turning,tightening and jam vvention, together with the device which I now contnuts on the stud portion, the Jillii not hnvim, u diillllfith b ru-nlrecess, and a key extending through the aperture of 1 Elder to t e estembodlment-tpemofi 1 (10mm the stud portion and engaging in theroi-osspf the jam nut.- 40 F have 1t undeljstood that h devlcc shown ismeufly in testimony whereof, I ailix my signature in proseni-eillustrative and that such changes maybe made es deof two wimesses siredas are Within the scope of the claims. LEVI MECKLEY: Havingthusdescribed the invention, what I claim 'WitnuSs-S: 20 lSZ Unis, A.hmrnii,

1. A rail comprising separate sections, a pocket on one W. it. (Home.

